Naoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external consultancy contracts entered into by his Department in the past five years, including the original estimated cost, the final cost, and the reasoning for contracting this work rather than using internal resources. [54324/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes its annual consultancy spend on the Department website. Please find a copy of the link to this information below.

The Deputy should note that the publications are currently recorded up to 2023.

2024 will be published on line by the end of October.

Consultancy spend is published in arrears in line with the accounts process.

Now that DFHERIS has taken ownership of recording consultancy spend, as part of the transfer of functions from Department of Education, we would plan to publish 2025 Consultancy Spend by the end of Q1 2026

Department consultancy spending